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Itseemethe jmrmyiol gettieg
through aa over the Alps by railways
aad taanels hare mot wholly done
away with opportunities for the "pious
atoaka of St Bernard" to ahow hos
,pitallty and evea to extend help la a
crisis. There are still venturesome
earn who disregard the injunction to
"try not the pass" and who brave the
dangers of the trip through ice and
aaow, aad sometimes they fall victims I
to their temerity aad hare a cloee call
before they are rescued by the monks
aad the dogs. It appears from statis
tics oa this subject that last year not
leas than 1,300 persons, snowbound
aad exhausted, were cared for at the.
Institution maintained by the monks,
aad numbers would have perished but
for the succor provided. A considera
ble portion of those thus helped rep
resented tourists, Including American
aad English travelers, though more
than a thousand were poor peasants or
tramps making their way over the
mountains because they lacked means
to go In more costly fashion. But all
had the same care at the hospice, and
none was under obligation to give In
return anything more than conscience
. aad the state of finances suggested.
There Is a box at the door in which all
offerings may be deposited, but there
ils no solicitation from any visitor,
rich or poor. And the chances are,
says Troy Times, that the majority of
.the thousand were unable to give even
a small pecuniary return for the serv
ice so readily and mercifully extended
When the immigrant officials at
:Ellis Island learned that Charles Fa
(Pernlni, late of Italy and now an
.aspirant for future citizenship in the
iUnlted States, was 90 years of age
they hesitated about admitting him
because of a possibility of his coming
'on the public for support They be
gan to look for his visible asset, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the
first place, he was strong and vigor
ous. In the second place, he- carried
a goodly sum of money concealed
-about his person. In the third, he had
eight sons and four daughters, all
earning good Incomes In this country.
Also 35 grandchildren, a number of
whom are In business, supporting
themselves and their children. Also
nine great-grandchildren, who are
also candidates for future citizenship.
A concerto, explains the New York
Evening Mail, Is a symphony wherein
one-instrument 'is given persistent
prominence; In other words, an ex
tended Instrumental solo with orches
tral accompaniment, often taking
three-quarters of an hour to perform.
It Is the deification of a single instru
ment the highest achievement its
player can attain. A concerto is to the
pianist, violinist, or 'cellist what grand
opera Is to the singer. It is a tone
drama In three acts energetic, ten
der, then climatic There are brief
intermissions between these three
"movements," and during these pauses
the player receives applause like a
"star" bowing and smiling until
again the baton raises, the orchestra
starts in, and the performance goes
on.
When dueling was an actual factor
in the social order of this country it
had many worthy and notable expo
neats. Including no less distinguished
personages than Henry Clay, Andrew
Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, De Witt
Clinton, Stephen Decatur, and others
of the same type; but nowhere on this
continent -was it so much an estab
lished institution as in that peculiarly
romantic old city of New Orleans. It
was woven into the very fabric of the
life of the community, and many a
crumbling tombstone in the antiquated
Creole cemeteries bears grim and
silent witness to the fact though to
understand the situation more clearly
one should breathe, so to speak, the
atmosphere of the period.
With which eye do you wink? This
is a question which Sir James Crich-ton-Browne
of London has asked in a
.circular sent out to many hundred
persons,' in aa effort to learn whether
ambidexterity is prevalent Sir James
announced the other day that about
0 per cent of the replies were from
persons who can wink with the left
eye only, 30 per cent from those who
can wink with either eye, and nine
iper cent from those who cannot wink
jat alL -This Is priated purely as a
matter of sdeatlfc information, for it
Js written that "a naughty person . . .
wlnketh witk his eyes."
Not many women would, be able to
.make the record which Mrs. Frank
Woodward of St Charles, Jltek, has
established. Withia a few years she
has earned from the state $2,970 for
ahootiag wolves. She and her husband
:llve la a' lumberman's shanty near
Oatoaagoa, IOcIl, having moved there
to beaett Dr. Woodward's health.
The simplified spelling board has in
corporated under the laws of New
York, the said laws beiag formulated
Ja the customary style of 'spelling.
The Americaa forces la Cuba win
Jote the Spaalards ia erectlag a moan
meat to Gea, Vera De Bey, who was
'killed ia action at El Caney oa July
LltM. The general fought atabbora
jy t Maintain a hopeless position, and
fettled while trying to extricate
of Bin command.
a young -woman to whoa a
aave his aeat ia a crowded New
street car said "thank you" he
fen
ia a ft The probability Is that
wlB never repeat the rasa act
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MAKING FIREWORKS
IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO A BIG
AMERICAN INDUSTRY:
And It Has All Been Worked Out
from the Ancient Chinese Fire
cracker How They
Are Made.
The manufacture of fireworks has
developed from an imitation of the
Chinese firecracker to an industry of
vast proportions in the United States.
Also from the humble and compara
tive harmless cracker, the product has
been developed along the most com
plex yet scientific lines until the mas
ter of ceremonies at a full fledged mod
ern fireworks exhibit must needs be
a man with a comprehensive knowl
edge of the explosives he is handling.
The Chinaman, having invented
gunpowder a few thousand years be
fore it came into use in the western
world, invented the firecracker so long
ago that the incident of its birth has
been lost in the shuttle of history, but
curiously enough, the Chinaman in
this respect has stood at the initial
point of development as he has in all
else that pertains to bis life. He still
makes good firecrackers, but they are
of the same model and power as he
has used for hundreds of years. The
American, having stolen the idea, pro
ceeded to develop it along lines truly
indicative of the American character
flamboyant pyrotechnic and loud.
The Chinese cracker is a small affair,
considerably more so than the crack
er to buy which the small boy toiled
in the gray dawn carrying "water to
the elephant but at Chinese New
Tear's and other festival times a
string of their firecrackers suspended
from the end of a bamboo pole will
explode every one of them and
there will be no "sizzlers" nor blanks
found in the string. Which goes to
show that the hand-made Chinese
article is still honestly made and that
western methods of cheap machine
manufacture have not Invaded the
cradle of the firecracker.
But as all things American have de
veloped to prodigious proportions,
leaving in the past the memory of sim
plicity, so the firecracker of history
each year finds a smaller place in the
demonstrations of America. Instead
there have come the rocket the bomb,
the set piece and the appliances for
pouring forth torrents and volcanoes
of multi-colored fire. It is the manu
facture of these goods that has grown
to such size and commercial conse
quence. The preliminary in the manufacture
of nearly all fireworks is the making
of the case. The quality of paper
varies from the commonest straw
board to the finest bank note paper.
Cases for skyrockets require a fine
grade of paper called rope board. The
'paper is first pasted and then rolled
over a mandrel. The drying'' process
takes four or five days and the case
then is ready for for charging. They
vary from two to 20 laches in length
and from one-quarter of an inch to two
inches in diameter. The loading of
skyrockets, up to the last four or five
years, has been done by hand, but the
machine now takes the place of the
hand loader. A spindle placed in the
center of the case causes a cavity as
the material Is packed In around it
The materials are scooped in, ham
mered down until it is of rock-like
hardness and then the spindle is with
drawn. When the rocket is fired the
large surface of material In the spin
dle cavity catches fire at once, caus-
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THE FLAG.
What Is the meaning it has for yon.
With its rippling ribbons of red aad
white
And its clustering- stars oa their field of
blue
What does It mean as it breaks In view.
Flashing Its colors upon your sight?
Do you see it there, where It floats above.
As the emblem of freedom from prince
and king?
Do you gase on Its folds with the rever
ent love
That a brave maa has for a sacred
thing?
Or is it to you but the outward sign
Of a people's pride and a Batten's
. might.
Of power wherever Its stars may sfalae
Aad its shimmering stripes flow red aad
white?
What is the meaning it has for you
As its bright folds ripple above your
head.
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I but compare the color.)
A frown was oa her gentle brow;
"Be careful, please!" I shouted.
"Beat letin expert show yeujuw."
"Jest tike a man!" she pouted;
"Firecrackers are," .1 gravely said,
"Alive with-risk and danger.
They.strikeat tkedereted head
Of friend, or passing stranger?
They must be handled with dispatch
. Or 11 the risk ia doubled.
First, one must try' to find a match."
"Just like a man," she bubbled.
"You light the match and touch the fuss
And when it is ignited"
She seemed to tremble in her shoes,
But said she was delighted;
That this was quite the best of larks
''See how the fire has wriggled
Until by turns it flames, then sparks."
"Just like a man!" she giggled.
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I held the cracker, while her eyes
Grew wide and wide with wonder.
I-said: "In this one must be wise
And not make any blunder.
Observe, now, that I let it drop
Just when the flame was glinted f
Close to the charge. Now it will pop."
"Just like a man?" she hinted.
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Ing a tremendous pressure of gas
which pours out of the spindle cavity,
causing the rocket to shoot skyward.
The colored stars, which go in the
head of the rocket or bomb, are com
posed as follows: Red, nitrate of ba
ryta, chloride of potash and shellac;
green, nitrate of baryta; yellow, oxil
ate of soda. Purple and blue are com
posed of various preparations of cop
per, while the making of the other
tints are trade secrets.
The Roman candle is charged as
follows: Sets of cases are placed on
pins and there is scooped in first a
quantity of clay, which prevents the
explosive composition from burning
the hand; then a charge of gunpow
der, and on top of this are placed the
colored stars in the proper sequence
of color. On top of this comes a com
position called fuse, which makes the
intervals between the discharge of the
stars. After the fuse rammers are
brought 'down to pack the material,
the operation being repeated as often
as required. The candles contain from
two to 35 stars. The finishing con
sists of covering the candle and pro
viding a quick match for easy Igni
tion. Quick match, one of the important
features of fireworks manufacture, is
made from specially prepared wick
soaked in a solution of gunpowder. At
the proper time it is wound off on
frames and just before it is dried it is
sifted over with very fine powder in
order to make it extra quick in action.
It is then cut in length's of about six
feet and worked into what is known
as match paper, after which it is
placed in manila paper cases and
joined together. Fire at one end of
quick match leaps to the other and al
most as quickly as would electricity.
The quick match is fitted out on what
are known as lances, or rods of bam
boo. For set pieces the design is
sketched by an artist and then scaled
so it can be enlarged to any size. The
regulation set piece frame is 10x5
feet and is divided into squares a foot
large. The design is outlined in rat
tan, pegs are driven into the rattan
and on these pegs are fastened the
quick match lances referred to.
Sulphur, saltpeter and charcoal 'en
ter largely into the manufacture of
fireworks and for particularly brilliant
effects steel and iron filings are added.
FASHIONS FOR MEN.
The Fourth of July Coat
For men and boys only thing for
the national holiday.
Nearly "Broke."
Ella' My face is my fortune.
Stella Haven't you ever had any
more money than you have now?
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And its glorious ribbons of white and
red?
Is it merely a challenge to foreign slaves,
A thing to be followed when armies fight.
And never wherever it proudly waves
To cease to float splendidly, wrong or
right?
I see in its beautiful stripes of red, '
As it proudly waves and serenely floats.
The blood' that its grave defenders have
ehed.
And Its stars are calling- la clarion
notes
Calling to me as they are to you.
To keep the faith and to seek the
height. '
And to serve the flag with a love as true
And a heart as clean as Its stripes are
white.
What is the meaning it has for you.
With its rippling ribbons of red and
white
And its clustering stars oa their field of
blue-:
What does It mean as It breaks la view.
Flashing Its colors upon your sight?
The Black Hand.
"You say you had an experience
with the black hand' while ia New
York?" '
"Yes. And a terrible experience ft
was. I had three aces and the other
man had ave clubs." Wasalagtoa
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CXAntPLE OF TRUE CHIVALRY.
s Herees ef the Fast
was a
He was the first to
Tea are richer than I am," he fal-
with emotion.
hewed her head, realytac aeth-
ftag. Bat now the true nobility of his
character maaifeeted itnelf.
Tet far all that J. urn ato bettor
than yea are!" he cried, aad toWed
hertohM
her, she tried to ten aha that net
only her father hat fear of her ancles
were Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed
her Mas with Meses, and would hear
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THE REORGANIZED, NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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The aew Board of Trustees of the
New York Life, Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge of
the company's aCairs and has begun
the work of reorganization.
Ia choosing the principal officers of
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that a life insurance com
pany should be managed by life in
surance men. The aew president is
Darwin P. Klngsley, a college bred
maa of good New England stock, who
has been In the company's service In a
variety of capacities for -a period of
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
of life insurance, he J'began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the com-.
pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who nas
served the company for more than a
quarter of a century, indeed has
never had any other business connec
tion. Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company's
service, each aa expert hi his own de
partment of work. Wm. E. Ingersoll,
who has for many years had charge
of the company's great business ir.
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, aad will continue at the head
of the company's office in Paris.
Rufus W. Weeks, who has been In
the company's service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr. Buckner as
vice president and continuous as chief
actuary of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company In no un
certain terms. The upheaval in life In
surance within the hut two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed 'to give up
their contracts at a heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true In the New York
Life to any great extent. The com
pany had $2,000,000,000 insurance on
itsj books when the life Insurance In
vestigation began, and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$150,000,000 a year (which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did), the company's outstanding busi
ness still exceeds $2,000,000,000.
, Policyholders generally will be still
further reassured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
of thorough training and unexception
able character.
Good for Evil.
One Sunday a teacher was trying
to Illustrate to her .small scholars the
lesson, "Return good for evil." To
make It practical she said:
"Suppose, children, one of your
schoolmates should strike you, and
the next day you should bring him
an apple that would be one way of
returning good for evil."
To her dismay one of the little
girls spoke up quickly:
Then he would strike you again
to get another apple!"
Ambiguous.
At the death of a much-loved pas
tor some years ago the vestry of a
prominent New York church resolved
to place a .tablet to his memory in
the vestibule of the church, tells
Harper's Weekly. In due time the
tablet appeared in its place, where it
still remains. It has N caused not a
few smiles; for, after "reciting a list
of the former pastor's virtues and la
bors, it closes with the quotation:
"Now the people of God have rest."
But, They Had Not.
At a political meeting the chair
man asked at the end of the candi
date's speech whether "anny gintle
man has anny question to ask?"
Some one rose and propounded an
Inquiry mildly critical of the prevail
lag political beUef. A politician be
hind raised a club and struck him to
the floor. The chairman looked round
and asked-quietly: "Anny other gin
tteman a question to ask?"
DOCTOR'S FOOD TALK
election of Food One of the Most Im
portant Acts in Life.
A Mass. doctor says: "Our health
aad physical and 'mental happiness
are' so hugely under our personal con
trol that the proper selection of food
should be, and-is one of ,the most im
portant acta in life.
"On this subject, I may say that I
know of no food equal in digestibility,
aad more powerful in point 6f nutri
ment, than the modern Grape-Nats,
four heaping teaspoons of which is suf
ficient for the cereal part of a meal,
aad experience demonstrates that the
user la perfectly nourished from one
meal to another.
1 am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods of
this character would increase the term
of human fife, add to the sum total of
happiness and very considerably Im
prove'soclety in general. I am free to
mention the food, for I personally
know of its value"
Gsape-Nuts food caa he lUsed by
babes ia arms, or admits. It is ready
cooked, caa be served instantly,
either cold with cream, or with hot
water ar hot milk poured over. AH
sortsof puddings and fancy dishes can
he made with Grape-Nats. The food
te concentrated aad very economical,
for four heaptag teaspoons are saaV
cleat for the cereal part of a meat
Read the little hook, The Road to
WeOTuaV ia akga. There's a Ren-
BE CAREFUL
IN FUTURE
New York. After all ia said and
done when gossips, lawyers aad
courts, are finished perhaps it. has
been left for-Mrs. Louis G. Meyer to
solve the great problem.
The problem is:
"How may one keep a husband
home?"
Mrs. Meyer's solution Is:
"Make him sign an agreement to be
have." That Is what Mr. Meyer has
done. From this time forth it really
seems as If there will be peace ia the
Meyer mansion. If there Isi't, it will
be because , there Isn't any efficiency
in legal documents. Mr. Meyer has
signed one he has written his name
down to certain promises and stipula
tions. If he doesn't keep them, there
will be trouble surely.
Louis C. Meyer is a rich man. His
wife is an extremely handsome wo
man. They were married some years
ago. Everything , went perfectly
smoothly until there came into their
lives a very attractive and altogether
good-looking young woman Mrs.
Kathryn Conrad Puller Harkness
thrice married.
The rest of it is quite a long story,
but the present status of the whole
thing is that Mr. Meyer has signed the
foregoing statement. ,
Document Is Unique.
Was there ever another 'agreement
between man and rife like it?
The Meyers have been married for
18 years. Mrs. Meyer Is handsome,
40 years old and devoted to her hus
band. They live at Broadway and
Ninety-sixth street Mrs. Harkness
doesn't own up to nearly, as many
years as 40, and she has much to com
mend her in the way of looks and fig
ure. . She met Mr. Meyer something over
a year ago.
, Now' Mr. Meyer, if court records
may be believed, was somewhat sus
ceptible. So was Mrs. Harkness. At
any rate, Mrs. Meyer called up her
husband on the telephone at his office
one fine afternoon. For a reply he
asked his wife to come to the office.
She came. There she met for the first
time Mrs. Harkness.
The police court records tell the
rest of the story. Mrs. Harkness and
Mrs. Meyer came to what seemed real
blows. There was occasion to call a
policeman, and Mrs. Harkness was ar
rested upon Mrs. Meyer's complaint.
There were bits of finery upon the
floor of the Meyer office and a few
hairpins and feathers. If it had been
Cherry Hill instead of Fifth avenue It
would have gone down on the Tender
loin station house records as lust a
plain fight. Mr. Meyer was only a
spectator to the affray.
Predatory Beauty Fined.
Mrs. Meyer seemed to have the up
per hand, because Mrs. Harkness, who
gave her name as Miss Jennette
Wynne, of No. 119 Rue de la Palx,
Paris, was fined.
But let Mrs. Meyer tell the story as
she tells It now, triumphantly showing
the agreement which makes her the
victor in this strange conflict between
man and wife:
'It was on the afternoon of February
9," said Mrs. Meyer. "My husband
had not been home for ten days. I
called him up and asked the reason of
his absence. He said if I would come
to the office he would explain. He
was repentant, he said, and wanted to
be forgiven. I went to the office, and
while we were talking this woman
came up. ,
"She came in and asked me what
business I had with my husband. She
even had the effrontery to order me
out of the office.
"After the trouble I went to the
home of Mrs. Harkness. There I met
her mother, Mrs. Keogb, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Ball.
Made PJea to Rival.
"I went down before them on my
bended knees," said Mrs. Meyer, "and
I begged them to prevent this woman
from ruining my life. But they were
deaf to my pleas, and this woman
must have laughed at my Humiliation.
But" and 'the wife drew out a bundle
of crumpled documents and shook
them emphatically "I have at last
prevailed. These letters and papers
were found In the hotel where that
woman was with my husband. There
is quite a little gtfsh and weird poetry
In them."
Mrs. Meyer showed what she had
found. Here was one:
"A Dawn Letter, 5 A. M.
"Darling: When I meet you face to
face I either act like one dumb or talk
too much. In your absence, I realize
myself, nothingness. In doing so, I
know that all you give me is sweet.
FORTUNES OF THE FUTURE.
Wealth Is e Be Drawn from the
Forces ef Nature.
"It Is not gold, silver, nor copper
no, nor diamonds, either that will
make the great fortune of the future.
It Is the bidden power in the air, the
water, and the sunshine, which will
build up the wealth ofthe next few
centuries."
This statement was made not long
ago by a mining engineer of world
wide repntatioa. The value of water
power, wind power, and sun power
as commercial factors is indeed just
beginning to be realized.' It is esti
mated that throughout the world
about 1.0e0.0 electrical horsepower
ia generated to-day from waterfalls
aad streams. More than one-quarter
of this great horsepower is generated
la the United States, with Canada sec
ond and Switzerland third.
At the lowest estimate it would re
quire seme $25,e0.0&v tons of coal to
generate 2,00e,00f horsepower contin
uously by the ordinary steam engine,
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"I have never asked you hr any
thing but impossibilities Impossibili
ties breathe no defeat, yet to-day in
the coldness of the dawn, I car say to
you that defeat is not ours.
"Convey, impress, impart all . it
you wish to carry yourself.
"Digress, delay, disgust just me.
"Play pay praise." NIGGER."
Much "Gush" Revealed.
There is still more poetry, also
signed with the pet name "Nigger." It
runs this way:
"I still remain in your life as I camo
into it that and nomore.
"Breath and death they savor of
rhyme they,show but one little letter
difference between us. I am I re
main, yours. NIGGER.'"
"My husband," continued Mrs. Mey:
er, "met Mrs. Harkness at the Vic
toria hotel and became infatuated
with her. When I first knew of this
my hair was dark brown, without a
streak of gray in it. Now it, is
white.
"When I went to the mother of this
Mrs. Harkness and pleaded with her,
she asked me why I did not get a
divorce. I told her that I never
would get a divorce, and I never will.
I am going to stay by my husband
now and nurse him through his trou
ble.' I do not care what happens to
the other woman. I am glad she
was injured as she was in the auto
accident. She deserved it
Spent Money on Charmer.
"My husband is a rich man, but I
never asked him to spend money on
me the way he did on Mrs. Harkness.
Why, he allowed her to spend $140
a week just for hotel bills. And here
is a sheet of an expense account I
found among my husband's papers.
" $200 received.
" '$153.90 hotel.
"'$10 left with mamma.
"'Philadelphia expense:
" '$200 deceived,
v "41 Gown $100.
"'1 Gown $65.
" '1 Waist $28.
" '1 Matisse $15.
. "'Pair corsets $12.'
"But I love my husband and he
loves me. I had divorce papers pre
pared, but he begged for another
chance. I am going to give it to him.
But he has now got to live up to this
agreement."
Now just at the moment Mr. Mey
er and Mrs. Harkness are really in
a bad way. The agreement between
the Meyers would not have been made
public had it not been for the ac
cident which has laid up both he and
Mrs. Harkness, as well as William A.
Feigelstock.
Mr. Feigelstock took out Mr. Mey
er and Mrs. Harkness in his automo
bile a few days ago. Tbey were run
ning downhill in BronxviUe. near tbe
fashionable hotel Gramatan, when the
chauffeur mistook the road, and, in
stead of curving-off to the right, he
Agreement Signed by Husband and Wife.
"Whereas,( Ada K. Meyer, of the BoroiiRli of Manhattan. New York City,
has commenced an action which is now pendins in the supreme court asainst
her husband. Louis G. Meyer, for an absolute divorce. In which action the sum
mons and a copy of the complaint -were duly personally served on the said
Ix)uis G. Meyer within the state of New York on the 15th day of December.
lflOG, together with a copy of affidavits and notice of motion for an allowance
of alimony and counsel fcs In said action, returnable December -4. 1906;, and.
"Whereas. The said Louis G. Meyer, feeling repentant, is desirious of be
ing: forgiven by the plaintiff and of having opportunity for reestablishing him
self in his wife's affection and favor, with a view of thereafter renewing their
marital relations, and said Louis G. Meyer does hereby promise and agree with
his said wife. Ada E Meyer, as follows:
"I. That he will in all things hereafter treat his wife kindly and in a prop
er manner.
"II. That he will hereafter abstain from all relations of every name and
nature, both social and otherwise, with Mrs. William Harl'.ness. and will not
hereafter have or maintain any improper or social relations with any other
woman or women, but will at all -times conduct himself In a loyal, honorable
and proper manner, as would befitting the husband of the said Ada E. Meyer.
"III. That he will hereafter, commencing this day, pay to his said wife
the sum of fifty dollars (f30) on Friday of each week on account of her sup
port. "It 1 further mutuallv understood and agreed between said Ada, E. Meyer
and Loula G. Meyer' that for three months from this date hereof, which W
the period of t!me. contemplated in this agreement by the parties hereto as a
probationary period within which said Ada E. Meyer may determine whether
or not she can hereafter impose trust and confidence in her said husband and
take him back unconditionally as her husband: that each shall live
his own life in his own way, and that in the event that the actions
and conduct of the said Louis G. Meyer shall at any time during said period
of three months or at the termination thereof be unsatisfactory to the said
Ada E. Meyer it is agreed on the part of the said Louis G. Meyer
that his said wife may proceed with said cause of action for divorce.
..."Ji01113 G- MEYER.
"ADA E. MEYER."
and, allowing five dollars a ton for the
cost of coal, this would represent a
saving of $125,000,000. There are
thousands of streams capable of pro
ducing from 100 to 50,000 or more
horsepower; a few others, like Ni
agara, the Victoria falls in South Af
rica, and innumerable fails of the Mis
sissippi, the Colorado, and the Mis
souri, with powers In this direction
that seem unlimited.
The value of a stream for power
purposes depends upon the amount of
water flowing and also upon its head
that Is, the height of its fall,
whether in a sudden cataract or ia
rushing down a slope, aad so the
small mountain stream which
tumbles noisily down steep slopes and
gullies is often worth more than the
broad, sluggish river that tows
through low, level stretches of coun
try. One cubic foot of water a second
may equal la energy thetotal stored
energy of many tons of coal. What Is
even more wonderful, a stream can
be made to operate an electric pump
which la turn will pump tne stream
itself to levels where ordiaary irriga
tion ditches could not conduct it In
Itaafc a Meyer.
w ttw
aavj aewmw j
'took a stone wall,, with disastrona re-.
suits.
Mr. Feigelstock was badly injured.
Mr. Meyer had his leg fractured aad
Mrs. Harkness' hip was broken.
All three were taken to the hotel;
the accident was reported to the po
lice and printed in the Newspapers.
Mrs. Meyer, then at Atlantic City.
read the news her husband was bad
ly hurt and so was "Mrs. Louis G.
Meyer." Now, Mrs. Meyer wasn't hurt
at all, and so the indignant wife
started out to find out who was.
To her anger she discovered that it
was the same woman who had tried
to arrogate things to herself in the
Meyer office. Hence this novel agree
ment. Mrs. Meyer kept at her husband's
side; she found him suffering griev
ously. She had him taken home.
Mrs. Harkness was transferred to Dr.
Bull's sanitarium in East Thirty-third
street. Mrs. Meyer did the rest and
arranged for the agreement It still
hold3 good. ',
Wisdom of Methuselah.
My son, wouldst thou flatter wom
en? I counsel thee, avoid generalities,
say not unto her, Thou art fair, my
love, thou rcjoicest my heart with thy
comeliness.
2. But let thy words be definite;
go thou into details, and it will cause
her much joy.
3. Say unto her, Lo, thy nostrils
are proud, they show thy caste; aad
thine ear is like unto a seashell. it ia
far too little. How cunning are the
tips of thy fingers, and tbe line of
thine eyebrows, naught can excel.
4. For she knoweth her points;
good and bad knoweth she them all.
from the .greatest unto the smallest.
Thou canst not teach her.
5. Her mirror instructeth her, lo.
! she knoweth her fame. Ask her and
i she shall tell thee, that tbou mayest
' contradict. Smart Set.
Mikado Fond of Night Rambles,
The emperor of Japan, who recent
ly celebrated his fifty-fourth birthday,
is fond of night rambles. He is fa
mous for his activity, and he is said
to be the busiest man of his empire.
At night, when everybody is asleep
and in the country of the chrysanthe
mums they go to rest early the mika
do often leaves his palace, and, with
his hands in his pockets and a cigar
in his mouth, wanders through the
streets of Tokio in order to make sure
that everything is quiet in the capital
and that his royal subjects sleep the
sleep of the just.
Suppose that one could find an alloy
that would bear the same relation to
aluminum that steel does to carbon or
bronze to tin, says the Engineering
Record. The result would be a new
structural material of immense im
portance in mechanical work. The
builders of light machinery -are look
ing for just this thing.
other words, the water could be used
twice, first for generating electric
power, and second, for irrigating our
farms. Electricity could be made to
light and heat the homes of the city
and country population and run the
thrashing machines and reapers ef
the farmers, as well as turn the
wheels of the cars and factories.
The use of wind power for mechan
ical purposes is older than' that of any
other. But a windmill for electrical
generation is one of the most recent
of accomplishmeata. The first wind
mill electric plaat ever lastalled in
this or any other country was built
privately vby Dr. Charles F. Brush, the
inventor of the are lamp, la 1889, at
his home in Cleveland for the purpose
of lighting his house aad laboratory.
In Europe commercial windmill eleo
trical plaata have been built One
such plant established at Wlttkeil, ia
Schleswig, lights the town, and an
other windmill plaat at Hamburg-has
been successfully need ia running a
factory. A windmill electric plaat at
Boyle Hall, Ardsley, ia England, haa
a capacity for raaaiag lie lights hi
Wiater. St Nicholas.
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